The hazards of HPV


Many HPV carriers don¿t show any symptoms, so they may unknowingly spread the virus to their partners ¿ a scary thought considering how it only takes a single sexual encounter to catch the infection. - do not reuse

HPV infects one in two sexually-active men and women, putting them at risk of a variety of cancers.

IT’S shocking, but there are over 100 types of HPV (or human papillomavirus), out of which about 402 affect the genital area through sexual contact.

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